Chandler

#895 for girls in 2025, 296 births · #753 for boys in 2025, 342 births
Given to boys 77.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#151
1999 · 2,395 births
Debut · boys
1900
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
36,507
since 1900

Chandler over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #349, 1993peak #151, 1999girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#895296#753342
2024#896297#735355
2023#900296#687391
2022#927291#640433
2021#891303#604460
2020#968263#569491
2019#930284#582480
2018#1,009257#505567
2017#1,033250#489597
2016#996265#466655
2015#1,055249#423732
2014#1,128223#421731
2013#1,227196#430675
2012#1,416161#455598
2011#1,564140#441615
2010#1,769116#495524
2009#2,041100#472579
2008#1,789122#455609
2007#1,645135#427675
2006#1,615132#400753
2005#1,378156#340870
2004#1,480136#2821,130
2003#1,227172#2601,270
2002#986223#2381,417
2001#925240#2051,792
2000#711326#1742,131
1999#560447#1512,395
1998#586412#1731,952
1997#565416#1841,796
1996#485493#1572,187
1995#353744#1771,856
1994#444570#348704
1993#349733#358661
1992#541437#408554
1991#1,65690#456468
1990#1,73384#485397
1989#1,96565#556301
1988#2,59741#637224
1987#2,72336#646199
1986#4,02820#760142
1985#5,07714#810120
1984#4,16618#803118
1983#3,68721#94288
1982#4,16718#94390
1981#4,16218#1,08470
1980#3,99219#1,11166
1979#8,0617#1,05670
1978#9,7505#1,09963
1977#7,5677#1,28948
1976#7,2967#1,01966
1975—#1,00766
1974#6,2588#1,24445
1973#8,4235#1,06858
1972#7,2926#82694
1971—#81199
1970#7,9955#800103
1969—#84183
1968—#1,04750
1967—#1,03050
1966—#1,29934
1965—#1,48327
1964—#1,40831
1963—#1,40331
1962#4,26310#1,47928
1961—#1,43931
1960—#1,52328
1959—#1,58825
1958—#1,67722
1957—#1,38832
1956—#1,53226
1955—#1,61123
1954—#1,55924
1953—#1,95816
1952—#1,85617
1951—#1,59822
1950—#1,53823
1949—#1,61621
1948—#1,70319
1947—#1,29732
1946—#1,50922
1945—#1,58118
1944—#1,52520
1943—#1,46123
1942—#1,42124
1941—#1,82115
1940—#2,17911
1939—#1,39023
1938—#1,90114
1937—#1,40323
1936—#1,50520
1935—#1,35425
1934—#1,24129
1933—#1,33025
1932—#1,71618
1931—#1,30228
1930—#2,07914
1929—#1,61121
1928—#1,61122
1927—#1,40728
1926—#1,40427
1925—#1,42527
1924—#1,49226
1923—#1,50225
1922—#1,18137
1921—#1,47526
1920—#1,13939
1919—#1,15936
1918—#1,44625
1917—#1,29128
1916—#1,33526
1915—#1,37224
1914—#1,26022
1913—#1,9459
1912—#1,09518
1911—#1,7405
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Chandler! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1900–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Chandler
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#735 → #753)
  • 184 spots since 2020 (#569 → #753)
  • 330 spots since 2015 (#423 → #753)
  • Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1969 (#1,047 → #841)
  • Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1973 (#826 → #1,068)
Rise & fade · boys
99 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1999 at #151 (2,395 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1982–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 802
  • Highest: 1 in 802 boys born in 1999 were named Chandler (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,994 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 35.5% of all boys named Chandler (12,970) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
  • Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s17#1,200 (1907)#1,262
1910s193#1,095 (1912)#1,405
1920s278#1,139 (1920)#1,425
1930s219#1,241 (1934)#1,522
1940s205#1,297 (1947)#1,611
1950s230#1,388 (1957)#1,631
1960s393#841 (1969)#1,295
1970s712#800 (1970)#1,022
1980s1,418#556 (1989)#829
1990s12,970#151 (1999)#290
2000s11,226#174 (2000)#325
2010s6,174#421 (2014)#471
2020s2,472#569 (2020)#665

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Chandler in 1962

girls
#4,263
10 births · 1 in 196,660 girls
boys
#1,479
28 births · 1 in 73,885 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #4,263Chandler10

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #1,479Chandler28
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 196,660 of them was named Chandler, which outranked 43.8% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chandler
  1. #4,011Yolando11
  2. #4,011Yolinda11
  3. #4,011Zanetta11
  4. #4,263Chandler10
  5. #4,263Adora10
  6. #4,263Albertine10
  7. #4,263Alesha10
  8. #4,533Adaline9
  9. #4,533Adrea9
  10. #4,533Ailene9

Tied with 269 names at #4,263; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 73,885 of them was named Chandler, which outranked 68.1% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chandler
  1. #1,454Timothey29
  2. #1,454Verne29
  3. #1,454Werner29
  4. #1,479Chandler28
  5. #1,479Barrie28
  6. #1,479Carolyn28
  7. #1,479Clarance28
  8. #1,515Angela27
  9. #1,515Aric27
  10. #1,515Ariel27

Tied with 35 names at #1,479; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1962 →